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          6. Catherine Blake

          Wife of poet, painter and engraver William Blake

          For other people with similar names, see Catherine Blake (disambiguation).

          Catherine Blake (née Boucher; 25 April – 18 October ) was the wife of the poet, painter, and engraverWilliam Blake, and a vital presence and assistant throughout his life.

          Life

          Catherine was the last child of market gardener[1] William Boucher (–) and Mary Davis (–). A "demure young woman" in response to her mother's queries regarding which of her acquaintances she would take for a husband, she would reply that she had not yet met such a man.[1] She met William Blake in Battersea in , during his brief visit to the area, while he was recovering from an emotional upset following the failure of an earlier relationship.

          Their courtship was brief. According to early biographers of Blake, Catherine immediately recognized him as her future husband, and when she sympathized with him over his earlier emotional troubl